Checkrein attachment



(No Model.)

G. W. HIZER. GHTGKRBIN ATTACHMENT.

Patented Dec. 26, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT TTTEE,

GEORGE WILLIAM HIZER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

cHEoKRElN ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,697, dated December26, 1 893.

Application filed March 31 1893 To a/ZZ wh may concern.-

Beit know n th at I, GEORGE WILLIAM HIZER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe andState of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOheckre'in Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and enact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspeciiication.

My invention relatesto an improved checkrein attachment, and consists ofthe features hereinafter described and claimed, all of which will befully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which isillustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l showsthe attachment in use. Fig. 2 is a planview in detail. Fig. 3 is an edge View thereof. Fig. 4; is a sectiontaken on the line -Jc, Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 5 shows an open harness D forming part of the invention.

Similar reference characters indicating corresponding parts or elementsof the mechanism in the several views, let the numeral 5 designate auendless rubber band provided with open harness Ds 6. The band isattached to the Ds by passing it through the openings 6a, edgewise. Therubber band is Serial No. 468.592. (No model.)

covered by a leather sheath 8 which normally extends from one of the Ds6 to the other. 35

One of the Ds is provided with a leather eye 7 adapted to connect withthe check-hook. The check-rein may be attached to the other D ordirectly to the end of the band as may be desired. The rubber bandgivesthe device the required degree of elasticity while the leathersheath affords protection to the band and holds the two parts insuitable proximity for eective utilization. By means of the open Ds, therubber band may be removed and inserted at pleasure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- As an improvedarticle of manufacture, the herein described yielding attachment forcheck reins consisting of the endless rubber band provided With openrectangular loops at its extremities, the double portion of the bandbetween the loops being surrounded by a loose leather sheath normallyextending from one loop to the other but not attached thereto, one otthe loops being provided with an apertured leather tab, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WILLIAM HIZER.

Witnesses:

BRrNToN GREGORY, OHAs. E. DAWSON.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 511,697, granted December26, 1893, upon the application of George William Hizer, of Denver,Golorado, for an improvement in Oheckrein Attachments, were erroneouslyissued to said Hizer as sole owner of the invention; that said LettersPatent should have been issued to said George William Hizer andElizabeth Richardson, jointly, each being owner of one-half interest, asshown by the record of assignments in this office; and that said LettersPatent should he read with this correction therein that the saine mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Ufce.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 16th day of January, A. D. 1894:.

JOHN M. REYNOLDS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Gountersigned JOHN S. SEYMOUR,

Commissioner ofPatents.

